It's even more entertaining to see a forum moderated by a newspaper that will cry "First Amendment" at any attempt to scuttle their efforts. One of the things about the First Amendment is that free speech is not free, and that it does indeed have a price. If that price is censorship at the hands of an organization that lives and breathes by the natural right affirmed by the First Amendment, then it is truly diminished.

E-XLR wrote:It's even more entertaining to see a forum moderated by a newspaper that will cry "First Amendment" at any effort to scuttle their efforts. One of the things about the First Amendment is that free speech is not free, and that it does indeed have a price. If that price is censorship at the hands of an organization that lives and breathes by the natural right affirmed by the First Amendment, then it is truly diminished.

The Denver Post is a private company and this forum is managed and financed by them, they are free to control the content. The first amendment doesn't mean others are required to provide you a forum to speak your opinion or that others have to listen, as you seem to believe. You're free to start your own forum and run it as you see fit.

I am sorry for your lack of understanding on this matter. A newspaper makes its very living by portraying itself as a beacon of the First Amendment; that same license to speak out should be afforded to its readers. I am also sorry for your lack of appreciation of the true intent of the First Amendment. If the Denver Post wants to act as a publicly traded company involved in the process of mining aluminum, then so be it. But if they want to act as a company acting under the protections of the First Amendment then they should do that in equal fashion. I am sorry that you are a cretin in this. I have read your other posts, and thought you to be intelligent and thoughtful. It is on my conscience to realize that I was wrong.

E-XLR wrote:I am sorry for your lack of understanding on this matter. A newspaper makes its very living by portraying itself as a beacon of the First Amendment; that same license to speak out should be afforded to its readers. I am also sorry for your lack of appreciation of the true intent of the First Amendment. If the Denver Post wants to act as a publicly traded company involved in the process of mining aluminum, then so be it. But if they want to act as a company acting under the protections of the First Amendment then they should do that in equal fashion. I am sorry that you are a cretin in this. I have read your other posts, and thought you to be intelligent and thoughtful. It is on my conscience to realize that I was wrong.

No, a newspaper makes its living selling advertising space. This is a private forum; first amendment protections do not apply. You can say whatever you want on your own property, not on someone else's.

It would seem that I have a bit more idealistic vision of what a newspaper is this day and age. If it is a completely commercial entity, how can it ever claim any sort of Constitutional exemption or exception for its exercise of free speech? Do you speak for the Denver Post?

E-XLR wrote:It would seem that I have a bit more idealistic vision of what a newspaper is this day and age. If it is a completely commercial entity, how can it ever claim any sort of Constitutional exemption or exception for its exercise of free speech? Do you speak for the Denver Post?

E-XLR wrote:I am sorry for your lack of understanding on this matter. A newspaper makes its very living by portraying itself as a beacon of the First Amendment; that same license to speak out should be afforded to its readers. I am also sorry for your lack of appreciation of the true intent of the First Amendment. If the Denver Post wants to act as a publicly traded company involved in the process of mining aluminum, then so be it. But if they want to act as a company acting under the protections of the First Amendment then they should do that in equal fashion. I am sorry that you are a cretin in this. I have read your other posts, and thought you to be intelligent and thoughtful. It is on my conscience to realize that I was wrong.

Your apologies are useless... Not sure why you find this entertaining, cause you aren't...Hope your 'aim' improves with practice. Tedious and predictable aren't qualities you should aspire to.What is actually happening usually get's precedence over ideals. That is a good thing and a bad thing at the same time. I am supplying the definition of the word paradox for you to make this easy.

par·a·dox n.1. A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking.2. One exhibiting inexplicable or contradictory aspects: "The silence of midnight, to speak truly, though apparently a paradox, rung in my ears" (Mary Shelley).3. An assertion that is essentially self-contradictory, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises.4. A statement contrary to received opinion.